Procedural RN, OBGYN Outpatient Clinic

100 Albany Med Health System; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent health insurance

Employee benefits

Job summary

Albany Med in Albany, NY seeks a Registered Nurse to join our OB/GYN outpatient clinic. The role provides nursing support to providers, triage, patient care, and coordination of care throughout visits.

Under supervision, you will perform procedures, document meticulously, schedule tests, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure compassionate, efficient care.

We offer a supportive team environment with comprehensive benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree of a state accredited Registered Nursing program is required.
• NYS current RN licensure is required.
• Ambulatory care experience preferred but not required.
• BLS required.
• ACLS to be obtained after hire.

Responsibilities

• Provides nursing support to primary and subspecialty providers in the OB/GYN outpatient clinic.
• Performs patient care, triage, and coordination of tests and referrals.
• Completes organized documentation as required by the department.
• Assists with procedures, venipuncture, medication administration and patient education.
• Schedules tests and procedures and obtains prior authorizations as needed.
• Collaborates with other departments to coordinate multidisciplinary care.
• Participates in patient throughput, updating medical records and end-of-visit coordination.

Skills

Patient care

Triage

Procedural support

Documentation

Education

Associate's degree in Nursing

Job description

Department/Unit: HBD - General Gynecology Practice Work Shift: Day (United States of America) Salary Range: $85,280.00 - $132,184.00 Registered Nurse (RN) - Full Time OBGYN Outpatient Clinic Albany, NY

Our Ob/Gyn outpatient practice located in Albany, NY is seeking an RN to join our dynamic Women's Health team! We offer a friendly team-oriented work environment centered on efficient, compassionate patient care. We are looking for a candidate excited to provide compassionate and capable patient and clinician support for outpatient procedures and other needed care.

Under the Supervision of the Nursing Supervisor and/or Nurse Manager, the RN provides nursing support to primary and subspecialty providers. This is demonstrated using the nursing process to work collaboratively with the health-care team in planning, directing, providing and evaluating patient care. The RN is defined within the department to provide patient care, triage, consultation and referral among team members.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Completes organized and quality documentation as required by the department.
• Facilitates the utilization of resources to meet patient outcomes (case management).
• Provides age-appropriate direct patient care from the preparation of patients through the end of the office visit and all tasks in between including diagnostics, venipuncture, administration of medications, assisting with procedures, and assistance of physicians as needed.
• Cases anticipated to be performed include hysteroscopies, cystoscopies, excision of vulvar lesions, insertion and removal of IUDs, endometrial biopsies and first trimester terminations and miscarriage management.
• Assist in the development of the clinic procedure space and protocols.
• Performs telephone triage including coordination of care and documentation.
• Schedules tests and procedures as indicated within the division and obtains prior authorizations as needed.
• Works with other departments inside and outside of AMC to coordinate multidisciplinary care.
• Participates in the patient throughput process in the clinic as indicated and needed (including vital signs, updating medical records, performing diagnostic procedures, assisting the physician and practitioners, facilitating teaching, end of appointment coordination of care).
• Works with division physicians, administrative staff, and Nurse Manager to assure compliance with regulatory conditions and policies and procedures.
• Delegates daily tasks to appropriate clinical staff and ensures completion of tasks.
• Reviews and triages incoming test results as indicated within the division.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate's degree of a state accredited Registered Nursing program is required
• NYS current RN licensure is required
• Previous nursing experience in an ambulatory care setting or at least 1 year of nursing experience obtained outside an ambulatory care setting
• Procedural sedation, operating room, Labor & Delivery, Ob/Gyn, or Maternity Services experience is preferred but not required
• BLS Required
• ACLS required to be obtained after hire

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that: Access to information is based on a "need to know" and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

Albany Medical Center is the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education in New York's Capital Region and is the area's largest private employer with more than 10,000 employees. Albany Medical Center offers excellent career opportunities in a wide range of roles in both patient care and administration. We value all our staff members and offer outstanding employee benefits including:

• Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers
• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing Anchored in the state's historic capital city, Albany Medical Center offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient care and is home to the region's largest hospital, only Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma centers, and only children's hospital. The downtown campus also offers opportunities at Albany Medical College. Albany Medical Center, along with Columbia Memorial Health, Glens Falls Hospital, Saratoga Hospital, and the Visiting Nurses, form the Albany Med Health System, serving more than three million people over 25 counties.